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Orbis Ireland Preventing and treating avoidable blindness in southern Ethiopia. Ensuring access to quality eye care. Registered Charity Number: 20061531 http://irl.orbis.org/

Orbis Ireland has a vision to eliminate a blinding and life destroying disease in some of the poorest regions in southern Ethiopia.

14/10/2026

๐Ÿ’™ Ayinalemโ€™s story continuesย 

Behind every story of vision loss is a person, a family and a future. Through Ayinalemโ€™s journey, weโ€™re reminded why access to quality eye care matters so much.

A huge thank you to Zainab Boladale for bringing this story to life so beautifully.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch Part 4 and stay tuned for the final chapter.

This World Sight Day, we're celebrating and the importance of making quality eye care accessible to all.Meet Daise, an...
08/10/2026

This World Sight Day, we're celebrating and the importance of making quality eye care accessible to all.

Meet Daise, an Orbis-trained eye care worker in Ethiopia who has performed over 250 sight-saving surgeries! His story shows the power of investing in local eye care professionals.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read his story: https://irl.orbis.org/en/news/world-sight-day-2026

A huge thank you to all our Champions for your fantastic support! ๐Ÿ’™

Help us protect sight this World Sight Day:
https://www.idonate.ie/forms/worldsightday

Happy ! ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ’™Today is a day to raise awareness of the importance of eye health and remind everyone that everyone, everywh...
08/10/2026

Happy ! ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

Today is a day to raise awareness of the importance of eye health and remind everyone that everyone, everywhere should have access to quality eye care.

A huge thank you to all our incredible who fundraise, partner with us and support Orbis throughout the year. None of our sight-saving work would be possible without you.

Thank you for helping us work towards a world where no one loses their sight unnecessarily. ๐Ÿ’™

Weโ€™re proud to welcome Wellington Eye Clinic as a partner of Orbis Irelandโ€™s Eye Care For All campaign. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ’™To mark World...
07/10/2026

Weโ€™re proud to welcome Wellington Eye Clinic as a partner of Orbis Irelandโ€™s Eye Care For All campaign. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

To mark World Sight Day, Wellington Eye Clinic will make a donation to Orbis for every surgical procedure carried out during World Sight Day week, helping support access to quality eye care in communities around the world.

Theyโ€™ll also be inviting their patients to get involved throughout the week, with Wellington Eye Clinic matching all patient donations to Orbis.

โ€œโ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.โ€ Mr Arthur Cummings, Medical Director, Wellington Eye Clinic

A huge thank you to Mr Arthur Cummings, Mr Brendan Cummings and entire Wellington Eye Clinic team for getting behind Eye Care For All. ๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿ’™ Four years of championing eye care with Orbis has supported our Eye Care For All campaign since the very beginning โ€“ ...
06/10/2026

๐Ÿ’™ Four years of championing eye care with Orbis

has supported our Eye Care For All campaign since the very beginning โ€“ and weโ€™re delighted to have Jamie and the team joining us once again this year.

Jamie Gill, supporter of Eye Care For All since it launched, said: "๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ดโ€™ ๐˜Œ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต-๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ." โ€” Jamie Gill F.B.D.O., Director & Dispensing Optician, Gill Opticians

A huge thank you to Jamie and the whole team for four years of continued support and for being true Eye Care Champions. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

05/10/2026

This , weโ€™re celebrating the incredible role teachers play in protecting childrenโ€™s sight. ๐Ÿ’™

With Orbis training, teachers can identify vision problems early and teach children how to care for their eyes โ€“ knowledge they can take home to their families and communities. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐ŸŒ

A big shout-out to .eyeclinic for continuing to support Orbis Irelandโ€™s campaign and once again joining us as Eye Car...
03/10/2026

A big shout-out to .eyeclinic for continuing to support Orbis Irelandโ€™s campaign and once again joining us as Eye Care Champions! ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ’™

Their continued support helps us raise awareness of avoidable vision loss and support access to quality eye care in communities across southern Ethiopia.

Aideen Curtin from Progressive Vision said: โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ.โ€

A huge thank you to Aideen and everyone at Progressive Vision for continuing to stand with Orbis and champion better access to eye care. ๐Ÿ’™

What a special evening at the Light House Cinema ๐ŸŽฌA huge thank you to Andrew Lowe and the Light House team for welcomin...
01/10/2026

What a special evening at the Light House Cinema ๐ŸŽฌ

A huge thank you to Andrew Lowe and the Light House team for welcoming us for our screening of A Tale of Two Women and making the evening so special.

โœจ To the brilliant Zainab Boladale for writing and sharing Ayinalem, bringing Orbisโ€™s work to life through the power of storytelling.

To EyePortrait Dublin for capturing our guestsโ€™ irises and adding something truly unique to the evening.

And most importantly, thank you to everyone who joined us. It was wonderful to see so many supporters, partners and friends in the room.

We couldnโ€™t do our work without you. Thank you for being part of it. ๐Ÿ’™

30/09/2026

Another little sneak peek of our Ayinalem story. ๐Ÿ’™

We canโ€™t wait to hear the full story this evening at our Light House Cinema Screening, and weโ€™re looking forward to seeing everyone there!

A huge thank you to for bringing Ayinalem to life, and to the Light House Cinema for supporting us and hosting us this evening. โœจ

Havenโ€™t RSVPโ€™d yet? We have a few last spots available โ€” email [email protected] to join us.

26/09/2026

Listen to Part Two of this special story, written and told by Zainab Boladale, exploring sight, possibility and the difference access to eye care can make.

๐ŸŽฌ Hear the full story at our Orbis Screening at the Light House Cinema, Dublin, on 30 September.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Email [email protected] to join us.

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